bouloche
French, noun
bouloche is spelled B-O-U-L-O-C-H-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written French, the 216,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bouloche is a French feminine noun meaning “pilling (of textile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of boulocher. With an accent, bouloché is a different word: “past participle of boulocher”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sur un tissu ou un tricot, petite boule composée des fibres de celui-ci, et qui se forme par le frottement et…”.
What does bouloche mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepilling (of textile)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of boulocher
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sur un tissu ou un tricot, petite boule composée des fibres de celui-ci, et qui se forme par le frottement et par l’usure du textile. 2. Pâtisserie contenant des pommes ou des poires cuites au four.
adjective: 1. Qualifie une étoffe ou un tissu qui bouloche.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bouloche
- bouloches plural
- boulochée feminine
- boulochés masculine plural
- boulochées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bouloche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bouloche in French?
bouloche appears about once in every 47 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).